Visionary tunnel or over-hyped hole? Elon Musk's design unveiled in LA
by Andrew Gumbel in Hawthorne, California from Technology | The Guardian on (#459PQ)
As thousands gather for the first public viewing of Musk's 'loop track', skeptics wonder whether it will live up to its promises
Elon Musk enthused that this was no ordinary tunnel opening, but something epic and "incredibly profound". Skeptics wondered whether it was just a hyped-up coming-out party for a hole in the ground.
In the end, the first public viewing of Musk's latest visionary project - an underground "loop" track that promises to revolutionize transport in the 21st-century city - turned out to be a grand mixture of imaginative futurism and showbiz razzmatazz, not to mention a showcase for a novel tunnel-boring technology that may be the most significant development of all.
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